Strong's Number 157

Transliteration:
'ahab {aw-hab'} or 'aheb {aw-habe'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
29
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
love 169, lover(s) 19, friend(s) 12, beloved 5, liketh 1, lovely 1, loving 1

Total: 208
Definition:
  1. to love
    1. (Qal)
      1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
      2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
      3. human love for or to God
      4. act of being a friend
        1. lover (participle)
        2. friend (participle)
      5. God's love toward man
        1. to individual men
        2. to people Israel
        3. to righteousness
    2. (Niphal)
      1. lovely (participle)
      2. loveable (participle)
    3. (Piel)
      1. friends
      2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
  2. to like